HR0322 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to congratulate Fred C. Hohnke on 30 years of service to the Woodridge Park District; and

WHEREAS, Fred Hohnke was elected to the Woodridge Park District Board of Commissioners in April 1989, receiving 3,212 votes out of the 4,541 ballots cast; and

WHEREAS, Fred Hohnke was reelected in 1995, 2001, 2007, 2013, and 2019; and

WHEREAS, Fred Hohnke served as the board's vice president from 1993 to 1996 and as president since 1996; he also served as the board's liaison on various committees; and

WHEREAS, Fred Hohnke served on the board of directors for the Great Lakes Regional Council for the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) from 2000 to 2009, as board president for the Illinois Association of Park Districts (IAPD) in 1997, as a trustee of the Illinois Institutional Investors Trust (Illinois Park District Liquid Asset Fund) from 1994 to the present, and as chairman of the IAPD/IPRA Joint Distinguished Agency Accreditation Committee in 2011 and 2012; and

WHEREAS, Fred Hohnke received the 1998 NRPA's Citizen Board Member Branch National Service Award, the IAPD's 1999 Allan A. Weissburg Commissioner of the Year Award, and the 2004 Mike Cassidy Commissioner Community Service Award; and

WHEREAS, Fred Hohnke was a strong advocate for the advancement of the Woodridge Park District through the development and improvement of parks, programs, services, and facilities in a fiscally responsible manner; and

WHEREAS, Fred Hohnke was instrumental in developing a neighborhood park within walking distance of every resident; and

WHEREAS, Fred Hohnke did more with less by stretching local taxpayer dollars to complete capital development and improvement projects; he secured over 11 million dollars in federal and State grants during his tenure; and

WHEREAS, Fred Hohnke supported intergovernmental cooperation by voting in favor of several intergovernmental agreements with other Woodridge governmental agencies; and

WHEREAS, Fred Hohnke's enthusiasm for parks and recreation was infectious and instrumental in guiding his fellow commissioners and staff in a strategic and progressive direction to provide superior parks, facilities, and programs during the highest growth period of the district's 50 years of existence; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Fred C. Hohnke on 30 years of service to the Woodridge Park District and having the community center named in his honor; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Fred Hohnke as a symbol of our respect and esteem.